with the ncaa tournament. while we got just a few seconds, we know they're going to select 100 officialings, aren't they? after this weekend to officiate in the ncaa tournament. that is a big moment for all the hundreds that officiate college games across the country. gene: it sure is, kevin. and that selection sunday for the officials is just as important as -- and exciting for their friends and family as it is for all these players, coaches and fans. and it's a long season. as you guys all know. and this hard work, night in and night out by these officials, with the hope of not being recognized during that entire endeavor is something that they should all be commended for. it's why i'm so proud to be part of that fraternity. and i wish them all the best of luck. it's going to be a great few weeks on cbs and turner. kevin: lucky we got you, gene. look forward to all your

comments throughout the next three weeks and clarify that call for us, dan. dan: he did reach across. he did grab him. it's a flagrant one foul. and so the penalty is two shots and the ball. kevin: as gene was confirming, and san diego state is going to win a championship. not just for the remembering season title, but also for the postseason title that mountain west tournament champions as well. dan: an impressive performance, kevin. they really struggled to score in the first half for about the first 15 minutes of the first half. but the last 15 minutes they got it rolling a little bit offensively. and they never led up with their defensive pressure. kevin: san diego state down the stretch 11-12 shooting from the free-throw line. that's it. san diego state the tournament champions in this terrific

conference, rated number five. they win the mountain west regular season. they win the mountain west tournament. and they do it by beating the three seed aggies of utah state with a 62-57 final. san diego state has now won 10 of their last 11. and they now set their sights onto the ncaa tournament. this conference is hoping to get four teams into the ncaa's. the final again is san diego state, 62, utah state, 57. for dan bonner, a.j. ross, gene steratore, our producer, ken mack, our director, mike arnold, and our entire cbs crew, kevin harlan saying good night from las vegas, nevada. eu been watching the mountain west championship on cbs. sports. table donations.

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. tonight flood emergency, nearly a foot of rain punishing big parts of california. the atmospheric river washing out roads and raising avalanche and landslide fears. >> i'm joy benedict in the mountains of southern california where the winter storm has been relentless and continues to cause damage. >> with a new storm already taking aim. also tonight, the sudden collapse of one largest banks sparks a weekend of worrying, what it means for customers. and ukraine, the battle for bakhmut intensifies. >> in kyiv where the ukrainian military says it will continue to defend the city of bakhmut, a city now in ruins. plus, the pandemic three years later, a trusted covid tracker shut down, we'll get a checkup on where things stand. on the slopes, colorado's

mikaela shiffrin captures her 87th world cup victory, making her the most successful ski cup racer ever. and later, high school students aiming higher, they're working in class with nasa to build parts bound for space. >> wow, this is going up to the space station. this is a little bigger than an a plus in a class. this is the cbs weekend news with adriana diaz. >> good evening, adriana is off, i'm nancy chen reporting in new york. tonight, disaster in central california. in the wake of the tenth atmospheric river to wash over the state this winter. a levee breach near the farming community of baa harrow in monterey county has triggered massive flooding prompting widespread evacuations and dozens of water rescues. record snowfall in the sierras is also causing new avalanche

and landslide fears as the state goes from one weather extreme to another. cbs's joy benedict is in crest line in san bernardino county. >> reporter: good evening, it's called an atmospheric river. it's a storm that slammed california, and now there is a danger of not only the snow pack but surging runoff that could devastate this state even more. racing to dig out and stock up as already overwhelmed mountain communities struggle with rain and snow melt that could destroy even more homes. >> i'm calling it a white tornado. >> reporter: in crestline, don looks at what's left of his home, not much with the roof in the living room and in the kitchen. >> this thing came down in a seven-day period like never before. >> reporter: david daniels lives around the corner, or at least he used to before his roof also collapsed. >> first time into my life, i'm 60 years old, and i'm homeless.

>> reporter: but central california bore the brunt of this storm. early today in baharo a levee failed prompting round the clock rescues by the national guard. throughout monterey and santa cruz counties, beaches are littered with debris and miles of road are impassable due to rock slides, mudslides, and collapsed pavement. further north in kernville, this is just one of at least a dozen rivers that overflowed with officials monitoring 30 more statewide. in san francisco, the winds and rains caused a massive tree to crush several cars. now caltrans cruews have been working around the clock to try and clear the snow. this month alone, they have cleared 45 million cubic yards of snow. that is enough to fill 100 rose nancy. adiums. >> joy benedict, thank you. let's get the forecast now from

meteorologist jen carfagno from our partners at the weather channel. >> good evening to you nancy. we just had our tenth atmospheric river of the season and we're still getting rain and showers out there today. we might even get a few thunderstorms if it continues through the weekend. as we see that risk of rain adding up, flash fooding concerns, flood watches, we also have that concern for flooding extending into northern california. the next system comes in as we get through the end of the weekend into monday and then tuesday, and it focuses on northern california, but the effects spread out spreading down the coast all the way to southern california, and we will be lackiooking for potentially dangerous days ahead, nancy, as we get to earlier in the week here in california. thank you. this weekend clients of silicon valley bank are scrambling and imploring the federal government to step in to help recover uninsured deposits over $250,000. it's the largest bank failure

since the financial crisis of 2008. cbs's willie james inman is at white house with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening nancy, silicon valley bank, the fallout happening within a matter of days. this follows a bad bet and loss on bonds. that led to a run on the bank which caused the second largest bank collapse in american history. following the collapse of s silicon valley bank this week, officials in washington are expressing concern. >> when banks experience financial losses, it is and should be a matter of concern. >> reporter: silicon valley bank is the 16th largest in the country with $209 billion in total assets late last year according to the fdic. the bank is known for serving tech startups and venture capital firms. >> silicon valley bank failed largely because of its links to the tech industry because tech is getting nailed by all the

rise in interest rates and change in consumer preferences. >> reporter: on friday state regulators shut down the bank transferring control of its assets to a new institution controlled by the fdic. in a statement, the agency said customers would be able to access their funds no later than monday morning. but it only insures deposits up to $250,000. the bank serves some major companies like roku, pinterest, shopify, and etsy, which warned sellers that some deposits may be delayed. small business owner amber fields now swept up in the chaos. >> i run a small business. i do this from my home. those funds feed my family and pay my bills. >> reporter: the effect is also being felt overseas with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying his government will take steps to assist businesses that are impacted. mark zandi also told cbs news

that he doesn't see the collapse of silicon valley bank becoming a systemic issue for the financial sector. meanwhile, california governor gavin newsom says he's talking with the white house to bring about a quick solution to this problem. nancy. >> willie james inman, thank you. today ukraine insisted that its forces are fending off relentless russian attacks in the besieged city of bakhmut, even as mounting ukrainian casualties fuel talk of retreat. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in kyiv tonight with the latest. >> reporter: this is the prize russia is so desperate to win, a city so ruined after seven months of brutal fighting it's now a battle over ashes and broken brick. we had to destroy the houses in order to get closer this russian soldier says, and in each house there were several groups. the remains of ukrainian soldiers are seen still lying where they were killed. despite the heavy losses, kyiv

is determined to keep defending bakhmut, but just 15 miles away, the town is in flames after russian forces showered it in cluster bombs. a medic comforts this elderly woman who was hit with shrapnel. russia's assaults are widening across eastern ukraine. residents are taking no chances. this local cultural center is thousand an aid distribution point, a place to stock up on basics like water. inside it's a hive of activity. there's confusion over what kind of aid will be distributed. some were expecting food. still, the mainly elderly women who come here use this time to connect with one another as the front line inches closer and closer. a front line that has already claimed nearly everything from svetlana, she sought refuge here after fleeing her home amid intense fighting and describes how she had to shelter in a

cemetery from russian shelling. her hands still caked in mud from her hurried escape. it was like running from a sea of fire, she says. buildings were collapsing all around us. >> it must have been so difficult to leave your home. >> reporter: very hard she says, but our houses have been turned into homes for ghosts. now, when we see the destruction in bakhmut and in the towns and villages like she been nen koes, it's clear that for many ukrainians, even when this war ends, they'll have no home to go back to. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you. today marks three years since the world health organization declared covid a global pandemic. the death toll worldwide is nearing 7 million, more than a million american lives have been

lost. cbs's michael george joins us with more. michael, good evening. >> reporter: nancy, now, back at this time in 2020, we were reporting live outside this very emergency department talking about hospitals running out of beds for critically ill covid patients. a lot has changed since then. today we talked with doctors about what we've learned and what we've lost. these are the sights the nation will never forget, the devastation from covid-19 leaving its mark on millions of families, but three years later, this trusted resource tracking the pandemic for all to see is gone. johns hopkins university posted its final update before discontinuing its covid tracker because of a lack of available data. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook point outs even if the spotlight is dimmed, covid is not over. >> there are still hundreds of people dying each day in the united states. the question is how do we start getting back to a more normal daily life? >> reporter: the virus isn't going away, neither has the pain

of the 1.1 million lives lost to covid in this country, but the pandemic's impact on our everyday lives is fading. the biden administration plans to end the covid public health emergency declaration in may, not fast enough for conservatives who opposed vaccine mandates. >> we chose freedom over fauciism. >> reporter: the pandemic changed some parts of american life forever. plus, there's the toll on public trust. >> there has been a devastate collision of public health and politics, and that's something we're going to have to address with better communication, better explanation, and better investment in our public health system. >> reporter: and on friday, the republican-led house in a minute, pleasely p-- unanimousl passed a bill requiring the biden administration to declassify intelligence into the origins of covid. it's not yet clear whether the president will sign that bill, nancy. >> michael george, thank you. today american mikaela shiffrin became a skiing legend

with this spectacular run. schifrin won her 87th world cup race by nhundredths of a second. setting a record for most career victories by a man or woman in history. she broke a tie with inga mar stem mark on the all time overall. her first world cup race came on the same course 17 years ago today. we learned today of the death of hall of fame football coach bud grant. grant led the vikings to four super bowls. all were losses. he was also known for being tough. that included banning sideline heaters for players during the frigid minnesota winter when the vikings used to play outdoors. bud grant was 95 years old. still ahead on the cbs "weekend news," bittersweet good-byes aboard the international space station.

today four astronauts said their good-byes to crew members on the international space station ending a five-month mission. after undocking, they are now headed back to earth on a spacecraft set to splash down off the florida coast tonight. > getting into space is only for a select few, but some high school students are getting a shot of sorts. in tonight's weekend journal, olivia leech of cbs station ktvt reports how they're working with nasa on a launch of their own. >> reporter: it's monday morning at ben barber innovation academy. these high school students are hard at work using highly technical machines to fabricate parts in this manufacturing class. but this isn't your ordinary school project. they're working on parts that will be used by nasa. >> we're building a component to a storage locker box, and the storage locker box is a part

that they use to send supplies or experiments up to the astronauts at the space station. >> reporter: that's right, a mission destined for the stars. >> that would be really cool, just knowing that we're making a difference, even if it's something as small as a lid throw locker. >> reporter: these students are part of the nasa hunch program, in place in 277 schools nationwide, 20 of which are here in north texas. >> and we tell them that, you know, you guys aren't just a bunch of high school students that are working on a project. you actually -- you're working for nasa. you're on the nasa team. >> reporter: as nasa's newest team members, these students travel to the johnson space center in houston to hand deliver the parts they've built. >> it changes your perspective from that of a little enclosed, it's just a grade what if i fail, to wow, this is going up to the space station and it's going to help astronauts store their materials and their experiments. this is a little bigger than an

a plus in a class. >> reporter: students are trained and mentored by nasa employees, and the parts they make are inspected and held to nasa's rigorous standards. >> these are not widgets, and these are not paper weights. these are actual structural components that are flying to the space station. >> reporter: students are told when a part they've worked on is included in a nasa launch, and they even get a photo of it in use in space. for students like abigail gibson, the nasa hunch program has helped them discover new career paths they never would have considered. >> i feel really ready for what's going to come after high school, so that's pretty nice, and i'm getting firsthand experience of what i'm going to do for the rest of my life. >> reporter: olivia leech, cbs news, mansfield, texas. that's the cbs "weekend news" for this saturday. i'm nancy chen in new york. thanks for joining us. good night.

we have been praying for rain and the prayer has been answered but for those who make their living outdoors, it's more of a curse. and we'll get to our first alert weather coverage in a moment. but first, the questions, concerns, and calls for new regulation are just getting louder after one of the nation's largest banks failed

friday. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. businesss across the bay area are starting to feel the effects of the silicon valley bank collapse. >> federal regulators seized silicon valley bank's assets transferring them to a new institution that will start paying out ensured deposits monday. the plan is to sell off the rest of the assets to make payout to other depositors. >> svb was the bank of choice for many tech workers and companies and devin fehely says not having access to their money has thrown things into disarray. >> reporter: the sudden collapse of california's silicon valley bank has grown gears into the tech industry. >> we are not putting all of our company finances in crypto. we put it in